Alcanar

Summary

Alcanar is a municipality of Catalonia^[1]. Alcanar ranks in the top 9% of municipality_of_catalonia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alcanar is located in Montsià^[3].
• Alcanar is located in Province of Tarragona^[4].
• Alcanar is in the country of Spain^[5].
• Alcanar is on the body of water Sénia^[6].
• Alcanar is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea^[7].
• Alcanar's head of government is recorded as Joan Roig Castell^[8].
• Alcanar's image is recorded as Cases d'Alcanar.jpg^[9].
• Alcanar's instance of is recorded as municipality of Catalonia^[10].
• Alcanar's capital is recorded as Alcanar^[11].
• Alcanar's official language is recorded as Catalan^[12].
• Alcanar's official language is recorded as Spanish^[13].
• Alcanar's flag image is recorded as Bandera de Alcanar.svg^[14].
• Alcanar's shares border with is recorded as Freginals^[15].
• Alcanar's shares border with is recorded as La Ràpita^[16].
• Alcanar's shares border with is recorded as Ulldecona^[17].
• Alcanar's shares border with is recorded as Vinaròs^[18].
• Alcanar's coat of arms image is recorded as Escudo de Alcanar.svg^[19].
• Alcanar's flag is recorded as flag of Alcanar^[20].
• Alcanar's twinned administrative body is recorded as Badalona^[21].
• Alcanar's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126818404^[22].
• Alcanar's coat of arms is recorded as Escut d'Alcanar^[23].
• Alcanar's locator map image is recorded as Localització d'Alcanar respecte del Montsià.svg^[24].
• Alcanar's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n93098597^[25].
• Alcanar's postal code is recorded as 43530^[26].
• Alcanar's part of is recorded as Commonwealth Taula del Sénia^[27].

Body

Geography

Alcanar is in the country of Spain^[5]. Located in include Montsià^[3], a comarca of Catalonia^[28], in Spain^[29] and Province of Tarragona^[4], a province of Spain^[30], in Spain^[31]. Adjacent water bodies include Sénia^[6], a river^[32], in Spain^[33] and Mediterranean Sea^[7], an adjacent sea^[34], in Spain^[35]. Alcanar's part of is recorded as Commonwealth Taula del Sénia^[27].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+10389'}^[36], {'amount': '+10658'}^[37], {'amount': '+10601'}^[38], {'amount': '+10545'}^[39], {'amount': '+10570'}^[40], and {'amount': '+10510'}^[41].

Designation and Status

Alcanar's instance of is recorded as municipality of Catalonia^[10].

History and Context

+1252-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Alcanar^[42].

Why It Matters

Alcanar ranks in the top 9% of municipality_of_catalonia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2] Alcanar has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[43] Alcanar is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]